Art Journal ~ Imagination

Joining in with Simon Says Stamp this week as they ask to see what you’re known for… seems like my glee in using both Dylusions and stencils has become a bit identifiable. I made this page with some new goodies I picked up when visiting The Ink Pad with Louise Nelsonlast week. I had the good fortune to spend the day with Louise, a lovely person and talented mixed media artist from Australia. She’d come to the USA for the Craft & Hobby Association show, and as long as she was in California, she extended her stay and came to New York.

I sure love meeting blogging friends in real life! We met at the famous clock tower in Grand Cental Station, then navigated our way by subway to Greenwich Village. Our first stop was The Ink Pad, and we did our part to help keep the stamping industry sound.

I came home with a lot of new stamps and some gorgeous new stencils. I’d had this page inked up with Dylusions for ages (here it is last summer, drying on my railing):

This small (6X9) journal fits in my Vagabond, and I cut the heart with the Sizzix Movers & Shapers die. I stamped script on the following page and spritzed with an orange spray.

I added Acrylic Ground through a Prima stencil down the right side of the page and colored it with Pan Pastels, and then used a new stamp by a French company called Aladine all over the left side. It’s a gorgeous script stamp with lots of variations. I finished the page stamping a few favorites in Jet Black Archival ink and heat embossed them with clear powder.

Thanks so much for visiting today. Pop by Louise’s blog if you’re not already a follower… she’s really inspirational and has a unique and funky style.

Shop ’til you drop!!!!!
Those bags are positively bulging!
How wonderful for the two of you to meet up and have the most amazing time together and as for the Journal, the colours are so full of life.
Wishes
Lynne

Indeed so much fun to meet blog friends in person! Stunning page! So bright and colorful as I know you for! And of course also dylusions and stencils! Love your style! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show! Hugs, Sandra

OHHH I LOVE Louise Nelson, her layout & mixed media style is amazing!!!. You are so lucky to meet her :). Looked like you had fun shopping too!. I hope I would be able to travel that far to CHA one day :). LOVE your vibrant journal, Marjie!. Hugs.

More gorgeous bright colours and great masking and stamping. Beautiful.
Looks like you had a wonderful day shopping and so nice to meet up with a bogging friend.
We are freezing in the snow here LOL.
hugs {brenda} x0x

Wow, Marjie…this is truly wonderful. I love the “peekaboo” heart with that yummy script inside. Then, the gradient color…dark at the bottom and growing lighter up the page really grabs me. Your script stamp looks amazing, too. I also really like the black bars at the top and bottom of the page; really draws my eye to that fabulous center image. Another work of art!

Gorgeous page Marjie, I always live your use of colour and this is just that a real pop of colour and very eye catching. Love the stencilling and the cut out heart. Gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining in the Simin Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x